Wildlife News Articles From March 2009

• Boost for Critically Endangered Blue Iguana
• Detailed study predicts Africa’s first bird extinction looming
• 10 years of Irish bird reports shows mixed results
• New conservation zone set up for the critically endangered Yellow-eared Parrot
• Critically endangered Sociable lapwings killed by hunters in Syria
• Industrial fishing banned from Arctic waters
• 3 Cornwall nature reserves attacked by arsonists
• New species of mouse and beetles discovered in Peru
• Peregrines lay egg in Central Birmingham
• Herons caught in pond netting
• 24 King cobras confiscated from smugglers and released in Vietnam
• Frogs, gecko & spiders amongst 50 new species found in Papua New Guinea
• Daddy long leg shortage to affect upland birds
• 100,000 hectares to be designated as red squirrel refuges
• New antpitta discovered in Colombia – Probably already extinct
• Major oil spill destroys wildlife in Colombian reserve
• RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch - Scotland
• Australia’s most endangered snake might need burning
• New kingfisher hide opens at Slimbridge
• A million songbirds eaten in Cyprus in 2008
• UK can have wind power and wildlife
• Exxon Valdez 20 years on - Still killing wildife
• Illegal miners destroying swathes of wildlife in Democratic Republic of Congo – Chimps hit hard
• First ever comprehensive report on US bird populations
• Plea for help for caged bear in Manali
• 280,000 seals being killed in Canada
• Unusual Orang Utan rescue caught on camera
• One of the world’s rarest raptors, the Imperial eagle, on the road to recovery after numbers climb 600%
• Another mass whale stranding in Australia
• Record-breaking 500,000 people count 8.5 million birds in RSPB’s 30th Big Garden Birdwatch
• 250 endangered Mountain gazelles found in Turkey – First record in Turkey
• Nairobi National Park drought bringing storks into the dams
• Pygmy frog discovered in Peru – Lays just 2 eggs
• Russia bans hunt for all harp seals under one year of age
• Ivory-billed woodpecker, Giant albatross and Carolina parakeet amongst birding records found in US archive
• First recorded wild baby tuatara on mainland New Zealand in at least 200 years
• White-nose syndrome spreading across North East USA – New map
• New species of ‘walking’ frogfish discovered in Indonesia
• Westhay Moor Nature Reserve gets grant to create marsh and fen
• Maltese Prime Minister bans spring bird hunt
• Three arrested in Florida for alligator poaching
• Logging linked to surge in tiger/human conflict in Sumatra that has led to the deaths of 55 people and 15 tigers
• Endangered Seychelles magpie-robin relocation brings hope for the species survival
• Critically endangered “Mountain chicken” frog last haven invaded by deadly Chytrid fungus
• Polar bear poaching in Russia down – But climate change threatening their existence
• Irish frogs genetically different from British common frog – Due to the ice age
• Australian minister steps in to protect endangered Eastern Bristlebird
• One third of all leatherback deaths linked to plastic
• New technology will ID tigers in the wild – and from skins
• Wildlife smuggling a growing problem for Western Australia – Man caught with 12 pythons
• Kingfisher killed by credit crunch!
• Dog walker prosecuted for bird disturbance on a nature reserve
• Pronghorn antelope moved to Mexico in exchange for Bighorn sheep
• Cane toad research gives some hope for Western Australian wildlife
• A huge whale has been successfully sedated for the first time to free it from fishing gear
• New species of White-eye discovered in the Solomon Islands
• Giant freshwater stingray research
• British Divers Marine Life Rescue – 21 years saving British marine life
• Schools sign up to make space for nature
• Wild writing competition winners
• Help your local wildlife - Create a garden pond
• First Houbara bustard release in Libya
• New species of Antarctic fish discovered
• Kakapo numbers top 100 for the first time for some 30 years
• Mass capture of Indonesian Box turtles driving them towards extinction
• Woodcock 5-10 times more numerous than previously thought
• Scottish Natural Heritage continues support for West Coast crofters and farmers affected by Sea eagles
• Bat-flap allows bats access to disused tunnels
• Long-tailed tit numbers increase sharply
• New grant to boost High Brown Fritillary butterfly numbers in Cumbria
• UK’s Chagos Archipelago is comparable to the Galapagos Islands or the Great Barrier Reef
• How to count tigers – New video instruction
• Chimp planning for future events is first evidence of complex thought
• Tiny Whale shark pup caught and released in the Philippines
• Javan rhino and calf caught on film
• Infanticide patterns in lemurs
• Cameroon creates new national park to protect gorillas, chimps and other forest wildlife
• Drought ends in Addo National Park
• Tough winter for Siberian tiger – orphaned cub dies
• Anti-whaling groups unite against plan to undermine international ban on commercial whaling
• Balkan lynx population declining – probably less than 100
• Hihi, or Stitchbirds, released into Maungatautari Sanctuary
• Portugal’s only nesting male Imperial eagle shot dead
• Irish minister disgusted by poisoning of Golden eagle in Donegal
• Ecologists take fist step in prevention of White-nose Syndrome death in bats
• Genetic study finds treasure trove of new lizards in Australia
• Russia bans hunting of young harp seals
• Conservation plans for Greenland white-fronted goose after populations drop by 30% in 10 years
• US skull collector fined $15,000 for collecting illegal wildlife items
• New partnership to work against the bear bile trade
• Time for a complete ban on mass balloon releases?
• Sea birds get more protection from bycatch under UN guidelines
• 2 degree temperature increase will cause havoc for Europe’s birds
• 19 new species discovered and named in Western Australia
• $50,000 Reward For Locating Live Ivory-billed Woodpecker
• Lake Eyre filling up for the first time in 10 years – wildlife spectacle
• Extinct bird, not seen for 100 years, photographed and eaten in The Philippines
• Arizona jaguar euthanized after kidney failure
• Six people and three tigers killed in Sumatra
• Maungatautari Kaka chicks now 60 days old – Pictures
• Yet another mass whale stranding on Tasmania
• 2,200 bears and 250,000 deer shot in 1 season – In just 1 US State!
• Scottish biologists head to Syria to search for critically endangered Bald ibis and Sociable lapwing.
• European cranes a step closer to reintroduction in UK’s west country - Somerset
• The Wildlife Conservation Society and World Bank to work together to save the tiger
• Sea lions to be removed to protect endangered fish in America